questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing councils to acquire long-term empty properties at below-market value for conversion into social housing.
answerText: I refer the Hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 197506 on 12 September 2023. The Government wants to encourage empty homes back into use and to empower local leaders to reinvest in their communities.
heading: Social Rented Housing: Empty Property